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Learn from the amusing life of Duymkens, / (What we give here in print) / If you are naughty though small, / Then your end will be sad / Young children, this is a school / See the life of this rogue / Little Poucet: life and end. / And the bad end of the vice-prone
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Learn from the amusing life of Duymkens, / (What we give here in print) / If you are naughty though small, / Then your end will be sad / Young children, this is a school / See the life of this rogue / Little Poucet: life and end. / And the bad end of the vice-prone

J.C. Botvis · 1800 - 1833 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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Sheet with 2 illustrations from the story of Tom Thumb. Below each illustration, a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered bottom left: No. 5.

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Credit lineLeert uyt Duimkens aardig leven, / ('T geen wij in prent hier geven) / Zijt g'ondeugend hoewel klein, / Dan zal uw eind droevig zijn / Jeunes enfans, c'est une école / Voyez la vie de ce drôle / Petit. 1800 - 1833. J.C. Botvis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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